Orders of Battle Organisation of the Soviet units Some of the great historical information we just didn’t have These organisations allow you to also see why certain enough room to include in Hammer and Sickle were the battalions have the number of combat companies they complete organisations and orders of battle of the four Soviet have. For example you can see that the reason a Hammer corps featured in the book. This PDF includes a breakdown and Sickle Tankovy Batalon can have three Tankovy of all four corps. Companies is because the 1st Mechanised Corps’ tank regiments had two battalions of three companies rather One thing we did a little differently for these orders of battle than the more normal three battalions of two compa- was to display the companies and platoons using the Flames nies of the tank corps or the three battalions of two Of War terms. This is intended to give you a better idea of medium tank companies and a light tank company of the where in the larger structure of a Soviet corps your Combat, 3rd Mechanised Corps. Weapons, and Support companies and platoons come from. I hope you find these orders of battle useful, or at least Another reason to include orders of battle is as a resource interesting, as you go about creating your Soviet force from for those looking to theme their force on a particular units. Hammer and Sickle. Where the information is available we have tried to give the types of guns and vehicles in the units. This allows your to Wayne Turner work out which corps’ weapons and tanks spark your interest and help direct you to the most suitable Flames Of War company or platoon.

 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps

Spearhead of the Northern Hammer GUARDS Soviet mechanised and tank corps are the equivalent to other nations’ armoured N. S. Oslikovskiy’s divisions, with the mechanised corps being infantry heavy and tank corps being Cavalry- armour heavy. Mechanised Group Mechanised corps make the initial thrust through broken enemy lines, taking key objectives and destroying any withdraw- ing forces. Mechanised corps are made up of three mechanised brigades, a V. T. Obukov’s N. S. Oslikovskiy’s tank brigade, and supporting units of 3rd Guards 3rd Guards mortars, rocket launchers, reconnais- Mechanised Corps Cavalry Corps sance, sappers, anti-tank, anti-aircraft and assault guns.

8th Guards 9th Guards Corps Regiments Mechanised Mechanised and Battalions Brigade Brigade

1510th SU REGIMENT 7th Guards 35th Guards 4x Assault Gun Companies (SU-76M) Mechanised Tank Brigade Brigade Armoured Car Platoon (3 BA-64) st 1st Motostrelkovy Batalon 1 Tankovy Batalon 1823RD 2x Inomarchnikikiy Tankovy 3 Motostrelkovy Companies SU REGIMENT Motostrelkovy Machine-gun Companies Light Tankovy Company 4x Tank Killer Companies (SU-85) Company nd Motorised Mortar Company 2 Tankovy Batalon (as above) Motorised Anti-tank Company rd 2nd Motostrelkovy Batalon 3 Tankovy Batalon (as above) 129TH MORTAR (as above) th 3rd Motostrelkovy Batalon 35 Guards Motor Rifle Battalion REGIMENT 2x Tank Rider Companies (as above) 9x Heavy Mortar Companies 43rd Guards Tank Regiment Tankodesantniki Company 2x Inomarchnikikiy Tankovy Motorised Mortar Company Companies (M4A2 Sherman) Motorised Anti-tank Company Light Tankovy Company Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company 1705TH ANTI- 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) (Valentine VIII) AIRCRAFT REGIMENT Tankodesantniki Company Mortar Battalion 4x Anti-aircraft Companies (37mm) 2x Motorised Mortar Companies 62ND GUARDS SAPPER 4x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Heavy Mortar Company Motostrelkovy Artillery Battalion BATTALION Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company 2x Sapper Companies RD 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) 743 ANTI-TANK Submachine-gun Company BATTALION Rota Razvedki 5x Tank Destruction Companies (85mm) Armoured Car Platoon (3x BA-64) 1ST GUARDS 2x Razvedki Platoons MOTORCYCLE Sapper Company Truck Company BATTALION 334TH GUARDS 7x Transporter Platoons Tankovy Company (T-34 obr 1942) MORTAR BATTALION 2x Rota Razvedki (Motorcycle) 1x Rota Razvedki (Armour BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launchers Personal Carriers) Razvedki Anti-tank Company Razvedki Mortar Company

 1st Mechanised Corps

Spearhead of the Southern Sickle Red Army Each mechanised brigade is a combined arms force containing motorised rifle bat- I. A. Pliev’s talions, a tank regiment, mortars, artillery, anti-aircraft, reconnaissance, sappers Cavalry- and trucks. Mechanised Group For example the 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps had 196 tanks, 42 assault guns, 99 armoured cars and half-tracks, 200 motorcycles, 1556 trucks, 41 76mm guns, 12 85mm guns, 8 BM-13 rocket S. M. Krivoshin’s I. A. Pliev’s launchers, and around 16,000 men. st th 1 Mechanised 4 Guards The 1st Mechanised Corps had a very Corps Cavalry Corps similar allotment of equipment.

35th 37th Corps Regiments Mechanised Mechanised and Battalions Brigade Brigade

1822nd SU REGIMENT 19th 219th Tank 4x Assault Gun Companies (SU-76M) Mechanised Brigade Brigade Armoured Car Platoon (3 BA-64) 1st Motostrelkovy Batalon 568th Tankovy Batalon (T-34) 75th 3x Tankovy Companies 3 Motostrelkovy Companies SU REGIMENT Motostrelkovy Machine-gun 587th Tankovy Batalon Company (as above) 4x Tank Killer Companies (SU-85) Motorised Mortar Company 219th Motor Rifle Battalion Motorised Anti-tank Company 2x Tank Rider Companies nd Tankodesantniki Company 2 Motostrelkovy Batalon TH (as above) Motorised Mortar Company 294 MORTAR 3rd Motostrelkovy Batalon Motorised Anti-tank Company REGIMENT Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company (as above) 9x Heavy Mortar Companies 9th Tank Regiment (T-34) 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) 3x Tankovy Companies Tankodesantniki Company Mortar Battalion 1382nd ANTI- 2x Motorised Mortar Companies AIRCRAFT REGIMENT Heavy Mortar Company Motostrelkovy Artillery Battalion 4x Anti-aircraft Companies (37mm) Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company 4x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Submachine-gun Company Rota Razvedki th st Armoured Car Platoon (3x BA-64) 57 751 ANTI-TANK 2x Razvedki Platoons MOTORCYCLE BATTALION Sapper Company BATTALION 5x Tank Destruction Companies (85mm) Truck Company 7x Transporter Platoons Tankovy Company (T-34) 2x Rota Razvedki (Motorcycle) 1x Rota Razvedki (Armour 41st GUARDS Personal Carriers) Razvedki Anti-tank Company MORTAR BATTALION Razvedki Mortar Company BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launchers

 3rd Guards tank Corps

5th guards Tank army Exploitation Force of the GUARDS Northern Hammer P. A. Rotmistrov’s 5th Guards Tank 5th Guards Army Troops Tank Army 165th Anti-tank Battalion 5x Tank Destruction Companies (ZIS-3) 14th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment 4x Guards Heavy Tank Companies (IS-2) 376th Guards Heavy SU Regiment I. A. Vovchenko’s E. I. Fomichev’s 5x Guards Heavy Assault Gun 3rd Guards 29th Tank Corps Companies (ISU-122) Tank Corps (See separate diagram)

18th Guards 19th Guards Corps Regiments Tank Tank and Battalions Brigade Brigade

1436th SU REGIMENT 2nd Guards 3rd Guards 4x Tank Killer Companies (SU-85) Motorised Tank Rifle Brigade Brigade 1st Motostrelkovy Batalon Armoured Car Platoon (3 BA-64) 1496th st 3 Motostrelkovy Companies 1 Tankovy Batalon (T-34/85) SU REGIMENT Motostrelkovy Machine-gun 2x Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Companies Company 2nd Tankovy Batalon 4x Assault Gun Companies (SU-76M) Motorised Mortar Company (as above) Motorised Anti-tank Company 3rd Tankovy Batalon 2nd Motostrelkovy Batalon (as above) TH (as above) 3rd Guards Motor rifle Battalion 266 MORTAR 3rd Motostrelkovy Batalon 2x Tank Rider Companies REGIMENT (as above) Tankodesantniki Company 9x Heavy Mortar Companies Mortar Battalion Motorised Mortar Company 2x Motorised Mortar Companies Motorised Anti-tank Company Heavy Mortar Company Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company Motostrelkovy Artillery Battalion 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons 1701st ANTI- Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company AIRCRAFT REGIMENT 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Submachine-gun Company 4x Anti-aircraft Companies (37mm) Rota Razvedki 4x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Armoured Car Platoon (3x BA-64) 2x Razvedki Platoons Sapper Company th th Truck Company 1o GUARDS 749 ANTI-TANK 7x Transporter Platoons MOTORCYCLE BATTALION BATTALION 5x Tank Destruction Companies (85mm) Tankovy Company (T-34) 2x Rota Razvedki (Motorcycle) 1x Rota Razvedki (Armour 324TH GUARDS Personal Carriers) Razvedki Anti-tank Company MORTAR BATTALION Razvedki Mortar Company BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launchers

 29th tank Corps

5th Guards Tank Army Exploitation Force of the GUARDS Northern Hammer Though not officially a Guards formation we have rated the 29th Tank Corps troops in Hammer and Sickle Guards because of their experience and in recognition of them receiving the Order of the Red Banner. These two tank corps followed behind the cavalry and mechanised corps smashing enemy rear area defences, disrupting the enemy reserves and attacking behind enemy lines. Tank corps contain three tank brigades, a motorised brigade, and sup- porting regiments and battalions of mortars, rocket launchers, reconnaissance, sappers, anti-tank, anti-aircraft and assault guns. E. I. Fomichev’s Each tank brigade had three tank battalions, a motor rifle battalion, an armoured car 29th Tank platoon, and an anti-aircraft machine-gun company. A full-strength tank corps has Corps 208 tanks, 42 assault guns, 270 trucks, 241 other vehicles, 174 guns and mortars, 8 BM-13 rocket launchers, and 11,788 men.

31st Tank 32nd Tank Corps Regiments Brigade Brigade and Battalions (3rd, 195th and 195th Tank battalions) (3rd, 141st and 142nd Tank battalions)

1223rd SU REGIMENT 53rd 25th Tank 4x Tank Killer Companies (M-10) Motorised Brigade Rifle Brigade Armoured Car Platoon (3 BA-64) rd 1st Motostrelkovy Batalon 3 Tankovy Batalon (T-34/85) 1446th 3 Motostrelkovy Companies 2x Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Companies th SU REGIMENT Motostrelkovy Machine-gun 25 Tankovy Batalon (as above) 4x Tank Killer Companies (SU-85) Company nd Motorised Mortar Company 362 Tankovy Batalon (as above) Motorised Anti-tank Company th nd 25 Motor rifle Battalion 2 Motostrelkovy Batalon st (as above) 2x Tank Rider Companies 271 MORTAR 3rd Motostrelkovy Batalon Tankodesantniki Company REGIMENT Motorised Mortar Company (as above) 9x Heavy Mortar Companies Mortar Battalion Motorised Anti-tank Company 2x Motorised Mortar Companies Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company Heavy Mortar Company 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Motostrelkovy Artillery Battalion 108th ANTI-TANK Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Company BATTALION 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons (MG) Submachine-gun Company 5x Tank Destruction Companies Rota Razvedki 193rd SAPPER (ZIS-3) Armoured Car Platoon (3x BA-64) 2x Razvedki Platoons BATTALION Sapper Company 2x Sapper Companies th Truck Company 747 ANTI-TANK 7x Transporter Platoons BATTALION 75th 5x Tank Destruction Companies (85mm) MOTORCYCLE BATTALION 409TH GUARDS Tankovy Company (T-34 obr 1942) MORTAR BATTALION 2x Rota Razvedki (Motorcycle) 1x Rota Razvedki (Armour BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launchers Personal Carriers) Razvedki Anti-tank Company Razvedki Mortar Company

 Russian Military Unit Names

English Name English transliteration of Russian Pronunciation 5th Guards Tank Army 5ya Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Armiya gvard-ye-ysk-iy tan-ko-vy arm-i-ya 3rd Guards Tank Corps 3ya Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Korpus gvard-ye-ysk-iy tan-ko-vy kor-pus 29th Tank Corps 29ya Tankovy Korpus tan-ko-vy kor-pus Cavalry-Mechanised Group Kavaleriyskiy-Mechanizirovanniy Gruppa ka-va-ler-i-ysk-iy me-keen-eez-ir-ro-van-niy grup-pa 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps 3ya Gvardeyskiy Mechanizirovanniy Korpus gvard-ye-ysk-iy me-keen-eez-ir-ro-van-niy kor-pus 1st Mechanised Corps 1ya Mechanizirovanniy Korpus me-keen-eez-ir-ro-van-niy Tank Brigade Tankovy Brigada tan-ko-vy bree-ga-da Foreign (lend-lease) Inomarochnikiy in-o-ma-roch-nik-iy Motorised Rifle Brigade Motostrelkovy Brigada mo-to-styel-ko-vy bree-ga-da Mechanised Brigade Mechanizirovanniy Brigada me-keen-eez-ir-ro-van-niy bree-ga-da